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The MDU and Doctors in Distress partner to provide members with mental health and wellbeing support services

The Medical Defence Union (MDU), the UK’s leading medical defence organisation, has launched a new partnership with independent charity Doctors in Distress to provide MDU members with access to health and wellbeing services to support positive mental health. The partnership, launched today (13th November) to coincide with World Kindness Day, focuses on two initiatives. The… Read more »

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Humanists UK backs bill for Church of England disestablishment

Humanists UK has welcomed the announcement of a Private Members’ Bill which would disestablish the Church of England and separate church and state. Currently the Church of England is the official state religion of England, and the monarch is both the head of state and the head of the Church of England. The practice of… Read more »

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Israeli jets nearly attack Blair

Israeli jets were scrambled into an attack formation to intercept a plane carrying former prime minister Tony Blair, it has been revealed. The incident occurred when Mr Blair was en route to Israel from a World Economic Forum in Egypt on Wednesday. Their response followed a failure of Mr Blair’s plane to identify itself to… Read more »

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Israel partially lifted the blockade earlier today
UK opposes Gaza blockade

Foreign secretary David Miliband continued to urge restraint this morning after opposing the Israeli response to Palestinian rocket attacks yesterday. A joint statement from Mr Miliband and international development secretary Douglas Alexander came out against Israel’s decision to close all crossings into the Gaza Strip. The pair described reports of power shortages caused by the… Read more »